Mary Ellen Long: Reader’s Art 12

Reader’s Art 12: Longing for Home

Mary Ellen Long was born in Los Angeles, California, and lived in North San Diego County for 22 years.  A multi-media artist who now lives in Durango, Colorado, her work includes mixed media drawing and assemblage, collage,  indoor and outdoor environmental installations, and artists’ books. 
 

“I live in a mountain setting and work directly in nature on surrounding lands, intervening in subtle ways with what is found and observed;  using handmade paper to mark, wrap, and expand natural form and elements;  burying paper under winter snows to document process and transition, and arranging indigenous elements in symbolic forms. “

 Her environmental art projects can be seen at weadartists.org and greenmuseum.org
The artist has exhibited widely for over thirty years and her collage and artists’ books are in numerous public and private collections internationally.
   
Her blog is a good way to find out her current projects.
 
She had a solo show at Susan Hensel Gallery in 2007


Reader’s Art 12: Longing for Home
March 16- April 26, 2012

Susan Hensel Gallery

The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com